A post in LinkedIn turned me toward looking for a document. I found it in as Simple Sabotage Field...
employee motivation
Tons of Good Writings, so why is improvement so hard? Part One
This is the first of two articles that hammer on the issues around supervision and how they affect...
Communications, Pressure, and Stepping Back from the Wagon
We use the metaphor of "Stepping back from the Wagon" as a way of saying that perspective and...
Engagement, Fulfillment, Performance, Perfection and Excellence
I was reading an article by Shep Hyken on his thinking around 5 steps to achieve employee...
Improving Leadership Effectiveness = Dis-Un-Engagement
We CAN improve Leadership Effectiveness if we can just get them to do something differently. This...
Thoughts on building a high performance environment – Teamwork and Flow
"Flow" is a simple concept that relates challenges to skills, with the understanding that the two...
Teamwork, Communications and Optimization of Performance
My friend Lou Carloni has been sharing ideas about people and performance for many years and a...
What are The Square Wheels Toolkits and why do they work so well?
Since 1993, we have been working with interactive "cartoons" and sharing the related tools as...
Kill The Paperwork – Improve Effectiveness
Who out there among us does not have too much "paperwork" or "paperwork responsibilities?" How can...
Square Wheels – Going Viral on People and Performance
Jonah Berger's recent book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On, is about why things go viral in...
Thoughts on communication – Nothing Made Sense…
A favorite quote is from Joseph Heller, author of the book, Catch 22. In the first couple of pages...
Performance Feedback – Breakfast of Champions!
An overview of how to optimize performance feedback systems, including a checklist of key features.
Managing The Mavericks – Caring for the High Maintenance Employee
Lisa Woods penned a really great article on managing the people who are the atypical and hard to...
Rewarding High Performance in The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine teambuilding game
Managers do not often deal with good performers in effective ways. Relying on extrinsic rewards is...
Spring into Innovation – Some Thoughts about Involvement and Motivation
There are a lot of blogs and groups focused on the themes of innovation, and so many know so much...